The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-18
CITY NOTES.

CITY NOTES.
A young limb of the law
In his office sat,
And not a cents rent had ie paid Tor thaf,
On the rst of the year
And the bills came in,
He thought not of law. of logic or lor
But silently sat there watching the door.
For a client. PERHAPS, who mis- hit come il
But alas, that noise n the hall was caused by
the wind;
And there he sat till he starved to death;
And the bills kept comiI Y in.
The News Job Office is turning out
large quantities of work, and it is being
done in the best style.
Yesterday was a genuine Florida WIN
ter day, and was enjoyed by visitors and
citizens to the fullest extent.
The revival at the Methodist Church
will he continued through the week.
Considerable interest is being taken in
the meetings.
MIR. r. j. Rifles ha~ just received
large lot of beautiful conch shells, which
he is disposipg of at very low prices.
The shells are splendid lot.
The Mayors Court had no one but
tramps to deal with yesterday morning.
Six of these were sentenced to six days
labor on the street, and they will earn
their bread for at least that time.
Oranges are still being forwarded
| North, and the returns are very satissac-
tory to ths growers and shippers. a
better average price has been received for
the fruit this season than for some time
past.
We publish to-day travellers guide,
| giving the arrival and departure of all
trains and steamboats, at Palatka. The
directory is official, and can be relied on
at all times as being strictly correct. II
will be prove quite valuable to the tray
cling public.
capt. Joe Smith took n run down 20
Jacksonville yesterday, and he says he
saw town full of the missing tourists
that the Times Union cannot see. The
hotels are crowded down that way, and
every steamer and train bring in large
crowds of new arrivals.
Mr.. Hamilton Riley, of Federal Point
was in to see us yesterday. He has an
advertisement elsewhere this morning in
which he advertises some valuable prop
erty for sale. The property is very de-
sirable, and will be sold at a great bar
gam. Read the advertisement.
Captain Harry Knapp, of Forepaugt
& Samwelrs Circus, was in town yester
day looking over the ground to see if il
would pay to bring his show here. Ht
says that he will probably bring his cir
Gus here in few days, and perhaps carry
it through South Florida. The show i,
said to be a very good one, and will dra "
a big crowd if il shows here.
We are glad to note the fact that oul
friends up the river keep the Palatks
merchants supplied with all the veget
ables. etc., that they may want. Yester
day we noticed q large lot of turnips
potatoes and cabbage, which wer,
shipped from Buffalo Bluff. Our hom,
market is good paying one, and on
vegetable growers are finding it out.
A number of the enterprising citi
zens of NorwaIk have united and pur-
chased a very large windmill and on,
thousand feet of piping. The piping
will be run into Buckskin Lake and tn,
water will be pumped from there, to b
used for the purpose of irrigating tn
groves and vegetable farms. Next sum
mer they will be thoroughly indepen
dent of the droughts. and some extr
: fine crops may be looked for in that iii
rection.
We lad the pleasure Yesterday of meet
ing our old friend Mr. A. c. Cowen, Trav
cling Agent of the Florida Southern Raj
way. He has been working in the North
, west for his company, and says that tn
people out there are greatly interested Il
| Florida and that great numbers Of Their
are coming he-e this season. He ais
says that large crowds are going to Call
: fornia. but does not think that that fac
will in any way lessen the number c
people who will come this way.
On last Monday afternoon. while rio
a ing on Lake Kerr in a sailboat, Georg
and Johnny Wellman, came near bein
: drowned by the boat capsizing. TIL
; wind was very high at the time, and tn
, boys were in the water more than a
| hour hafara they wara rescup1 "